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Change,

"The term electronic mail has been in use with its modern meaning since 1975, and variations of the shorter E-mail have been in use since 1979:"

To this:

"This term "electronic mail", has been in utilize with its both modern and contemporary definition since year 1975 and that is quoted by The OED. There are tons of variations of the shorter E-mail that have been in usage since year 1979, which is first attested four years later after the first term. This means that:"

I rephrased that. 2601:205:C001:EA0:470:A31D:B1F6:1410 (talk) 03:38, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see your point but I'm not sure this is an improvement on the wording we currently have in the article. Whizz40 (talk) 06:16, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: I agree with Whizz40 that this phrasing is not an improvement. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:22, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The line within Message Format, Message Body, Plain text and HTML, stating "[...] and many others, the post popular of them being markdown." should probably change "post popular" to "[most] popular". Fekhesk (talk) 21:28, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that, I've made the correction. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 21:45, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I probably closed this incorrectly, I've never paid much attention to the drivel of administrative functions around here... cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 21:47, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Email etiquettes" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Email etiquettes has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 9 § Email etiquettes until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 21:27, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pay day is on third of every month

April 3 is when I get paid and every month on the 3rd is when I get paid I don't know why it happened to be on the 2nd but if we could change it to the third that'd be great 131.191.59.66 (talk) 07:39, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 The redirect <span class="plainlinks">[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Email_etiquettes&redirect=no Email etiquettes]</span> has been listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|redirects for discussion]] to determine whether its use and function meets the [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirect guidelines]]. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at '''{{slink|Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 9#Email etiquettes}}''' until a consensus is reached. <!-- Template:RFDNote --> <span style="background-color: #FFCFBF; font-variant: small-caps">[[User:Utopes|Utopes]] <sub>('''[[User talk:Utopes|talk]]''' / '''[[Special:Contributions/Utopes|cont]]''')</sub></span> 21:27, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
+== Pay day is on third of every month  ==
+April 3 is when I get paid and every month on the 3rd is when I get paid I don't know why it happened to be on the 2nd but if we could change it to the third that'd be great [[Special:Contributions/131.191.59.66|131.191.59.66]] ([[User talk:131.191.59.66|talk]]) 07:39, 3 May 2024 (UTC)